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Qlink is not a subsidiary of Jinan Qingqi, but rather is a brand that re-names others' bikes, primarily Chinese bikes, as is the case with Qingqi. However, they have purposely found high quality bikes to carry and put their name on, and they do back up the quality claim with warranties to match.

Jinan Qingqi is the OEM for Suzuki's sub-250cc bikes according to mychinamoto.com owner/moderator 'Crazy' Carl Parker. He lived in China for a few years teaching English, and got into the Chinese bike scene, and had a semi-consultant relationship with Jinan Qingqi; in fact they gave him one of their enduros to long-term evaluate for a few months before he moved back.

So the connection to Suzuki is like that of a first cousin--Suzuki does not want the world to know its smaller bikes are manufactured in China, and Qingqi does not publicly announce this either (probably due to agreements), but the Qlink bike is a close relative to Suzuki.

Qingqi sells this bike around the world rebadged under different names; I assume it is what the local distributor wants it to be called. From what I remember Crazy Carl mentioning, Qlink does not have an exclusive distributorship with Qingqi, so theoretically, they could appear in the US under different brands, including Qingqi's own name. I forgot the name of the Canadian brand, but they are available there (maybe STX?) I think 'Sundowner' in Brazil.

There have been happy owners of these bikes on chinariders.net as well as supermotojunkies.com and even thumpertalk.com They "aren't your grandfather's" China bike as they are really Japanese bikes OEM'ed in China.

This bike, as well as the enduro version that Qlink sells, would make a very compelling case versus a Suzuki DR200--both look better IMO and have the definite price and warranty advantage like the comparison to the Honda CRF230.

Another up and coming bike is Pitster Pro's full-size XTR 250 motard and enduro--far better than the Qingqi/Qlink and are OEM'ed for Puzey of S. Africa/Australia and distributed in the US and Canada and some other countries via Pitster Pro, as well as CCM of Great Britain. These bikes are made to Puzey specs at an OEM factory, and are not re-badged from anyone else.

There are some other compelling Chinese derived bikes and compared to the "junk" of a few years ago (many mechanically inclined owners had very good experiences with their bikes) these bikes are not a matter of if and when, but are already here and now.

Whether you like the Chinese bikes or not, now that they are competitive, they should help bring prices down of all our favorite brands--kind of like what Hyundai has done to keep the once ever-price increasing Japanese car companies in check.

"Qlink is not a subsidiary of Jinan Qingqi, but rather is a brand that re-names others' bikes, primarily Chinese bikes, as is the case with Qingqi. However, they have purposely found high quality bikes to carry and put their name on, and they do back up the quality claim with warranties to match.

Jinan Qingqi is the OEM for Suzuki's sub-250cc bikes according to mychinamoto.com owner/moderator 'Crazy' Carl Parker. He lived in China for a few years teaching English, and got into the Chinese bike scene, and had a semi-consultant relationship with Jinan Qingqi; in fact they gave him one of their enduros to long-term evaluate for a few months before he moved back.

So the connection to Suzuki is like that of a first cousin--Suzuki does not want the world to know its smaller bikes are manufactured in China, and Qingqi does not publicly announce this either (probably due to agreements), but the Qlink bike is a close relative to Suzuki.

Qingqi sells this bike around the world rebadged under different names; I assume it is what the local distributor wants it to be called. From what I remember Crazy Carl mentioning, Qlink does not have an exclusive distributorship with Qingqi, so theoretically, they could appear in the US under different brands, including Qingqi's own name."